You could always buy Oracle and charge an extra million or two. :)) Donny
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: 'Jonathan Soong'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: 4.1 Beta > > > > > > > > > "Donny Simonton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/06/2004 03:12:43: > > > > We have been using 4.1 in a production environment since about a month > after > > 4.1.0 was released. And we have run into a bug or two now and then, but > > that usually happens the first day we try something out. Overall, I > won't > > install any other version. > > I would entirely agree with this, if it were my personal call. But the > main > reason I want 4.1 is the excellent character set support, in particular > for > Japanese customers. And regardless of the actual quality of the underlying > software, I will have great difficulty convincing Japanese customers that > something labelled "alpha" is suitable for use in a critical environment, > which is where it will be. "Beta" or "Gamma" would be difficult enough, > but > "alpha" is effectively impossible. Luckily I have three months before the > possible first shipment to Japan. But it is still a problem shipping > software which, while I know is entirely fit for purpose, is labelled by > its own designers as unstable. OTOH, I obviously *need* the character sets > for these customers. > > Alec > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
